This week, hundreds of thousands more Pennsylvanians have begun searching for COVID-19 vaccine appointments. Postal workers, transit workers and those who
Skip to main content The vaccine could potentially be life or death : Search remains difficult for some CT residents at risk
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A nurse prepares the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine during the grand opening of the vaccine “super site” at Silicon Harbor in Stamford on March 15.Tyler Sizemore / Hearst Connecticut Media
Kayle Hill counts herself as one of the lucky ones for finding a vaccine appointment on Thursday when Connecticut opened shots up to anyone 16 and up.
But the first appointment she found while searching Thursday was not until July 23.
Hill, 24, is especially concerned because the medication she takes to treat her rheumatoid arthritis leaves her immune system compromised. She also has Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, a genetic condition that affects connective tissue including that in her lungs, which puts her at increased risk of upper-respiratory infection.
Unaccompanied migrant kids may be housed on California National Guard base The Associated Press 16 hours ago In this Dec. 11, 2018, file photo, an asylum-seeking boy from Central America runs down a hallway after arriving from an immigration detention center to a shelter in San Diego. (Gregory Bull/AP) SAN MIGUEL, Calif. The federal government may house unaccompanied migrant children on a California Army National Guard base in central California, officials said. The Pentagon on Friday approved the use of Camp Roberts to temporarily house migrant children traveling alone, according to a defense official. It was not immediately clear if or how many children could be placed at the camp, which is located along the Salinas River almost directly between Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Northwest Michigan Health Services gets over $2M to fight COVID-19
Funds part of larger $17M in aid as part of American Rescue Plan
Colin Merry, cmerry@pioneergroup.com
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Northwest Michigan Health Services received federal aid of over $2 million to help deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. (Courtesy Photo)
FRANKFORT A local community health center will receive more than $2 million to help staff deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. It will help increase the capacity of staff to be able to address the need to increase the response to COVID-19, said Gwen Williams, chief development officer for Northwest Michigan Health Services. We ve bumped up staff numbers and created local teams to get out in the community.